The accident of the barge causes a spill in the Houston Ship Channel

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) – A barge carrying 25,000 barrels of Reformate loses a gas leak after being crushed against a tanker in the Houston Ship Channel.

The port officials said that the accident had occurred around 15:30. Friday near light 73 in Bayport Channel.

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The impact of the collision was so severe that he almost cut the barge in half. According to the coastguard, the Genesis River tanker crashed against a tugboat pushing two barges. A capsized. The other was left with a huge hack in it.

"It's amazing with all the radar and stuff, you might think it will not happen," said John Harris, who was part of a dozen residents gathered at Golden Acres Park to try and see what's going on. has passed.

The two barges were carrying 25,000 barrels of reformate reformate, said a spokesman for the port of Houston. He immediately began to spill out of the damaged barge and a burst began to come closer to the ground.

"We know the air is going in that direction, the flow is coming in that direction, we're going to be watching everything," said Mayor Jeff Wagner of Pasadena.

Residents of surrounding communities complained of a smell of gas.

"It smells really bad, like gasoline," said Joann Acosta.

The air quality monitors read the levels in the communities of the bay on Friday night. The tests did not give anything abnormal. The water was of another concern. Floating gas is toxic to aquatic life.

"We need to know what are the dangers of water." If there is gas, we can not come here (to the beach), "said Acosta. "I have children and grandchildren."

In addition to a helicopter and a Coast Guard boat, a fireboat and an oil spill response device have been deployed by the Coast Guard Service. Port Houston Fire. There was no injury.

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